Improvement in curry-combs



I v C. A. HOTCHKISS.

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No.170,734. I Patented 1m. 7,1875;

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CHARLES A. HOTCHKISS, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT.

IMPROVEMENT IN CURRY-COMBS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 170,734, dated December 7, 1875; application filed October 23, 1875.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES A. HoTc'H- KISS, of Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Curry-Combs and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of thesame, reference being bad to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, andto the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure l of the drawings is a representation of a plan view of my curry-comb, and Fig. 2 is a front view thereof. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the cross-bar and its mane-teeth.

This invention relates to curry-combs which are made of sheet metal; and the nature of my invention consists in the construction of the teeth of the mane-comb, the knockers, and the bar holding said teeth, all of one piece, either with or without the ring for hanging up 'the currycomb, as will be hereinafter explained.

In the annexed drawings, I have represented my improvement applied to a close-back curry-comb having a wooden handle, A, secured to it, but the improvement will be found useful for curry'combs of various kinds, and therefore I do not limit my invention to the kind of comb which I have represented.

B designates a bar, which is strongly secured to the back or frame of the curry'comb, the

ends a. a of which bar are extended beyond the ends of the comb-back, and made to serve as knockers in the act of beating the dust from the comb. On the back of this bar I cast the mane-teeth C, and at the middle of its length 1 cast a loop or ring, which is used for hanging up the curry-comb. This ring is not essential, and it may be omitted.

It will be seen from the above description that the knockers, the teeth for combing the mane, and the bar B are cast entire, and that they may be firmly secured to a curry-comb by two rivets, making a very substantial and neat attachment, as well as a very cheap one.

I am aware that a mane-comb with bar, shank, and teeth formed in one piece is not new, and that such construction is shown in the patent to C. B. Bristol, dated November 3, 1868. I therefore lay no claim to the invention thereof, broadly; but

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The mane-comb teeth C, the comb bar or back B, and the knockers a, formed entire, and adapted for the purposes herein specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES A. HOTCHKISS.

Witnesses:

CEoReE E. UPHAM, W ALTER C. MASI. 

